Fisayo Okare

[Fisayo Okare @fisvyo]

*still shocked*

Thank you @NYNewswomen, and thank you for your platform and recognition!

Hard work + Great editors + the @Documentedny team + Grace = Excellence 🏆

[Clarissa A. León @clarissaleon.bsky.social @clarissaleon]

Our own @fisvyo won best newsletter for her "OUR CITY" column. Couldn't be prouder. Thank you @NYNewswomen !
https://t.co/6JWqbbmOzk

[Violet @buxwal]

1/ OPT OBSERVATORY

I’ve spent the past year creating *the most in-depth public resource* on how the US retains international students after they graduate.

Today, @IFP is releasing never-before-seen data we obtained from ICE via FOIA.

Check it out: https://t.co/La9FD8zN2j

[katie honan @katie_honan]

Gasped when I saw this email 📚

[Deji Osikoya @dejiosikoya]

"Act like you've been here before!"

ZERO O! Ebuka told me he knew who I was and I folded IMMEDIATELY! 😭

Had a blast hosting the live podcast screening for his new podcast, 'Mentality with Ebuka!'

Thank you Jesus always! ❤️

🎥 @ade_0luwa1

[Deji Osikoya @dejiosikoya]

Really really cool. Thank you for the feature! @the49thstreet

[Fisayo Okare @fisvyo]

One thing I’ve learnt from nearly a decade of career in journalism is that fear and injustice thrive in silence. I hope the investigators looking into Dr. Abosede’s case are aware. I also hope institutions who in this moment can speak on Dr. Sinmi Abosede’s behalf do it publicly

[Fisayo Okare @fisvyo]

Words from Kike Mudiaga’s song “A Call to Worship:” “If we don’t praise you, the rocks will cry out. If we don’t sing, the trees will clap their hands.”

[Fisayo Okare @fisvyo]

Thank you for your service and for the update that her body was found @NapervillePD. Now we WANT justice. We want the WHOLE truth! Do what is right and have MERCY on her loved ones’ broken hearts, please!
https://t.co/YTxDhQ0zOV

[NapervillePD @NapervillePD]

The family of Sinmi Abosede asked the community today to call in any genuine tips that might help locate their beloved Sinmi, a 46-year-old Naperville woman who has been missing since July 30. Watch a recording of the statement, followed by an NPD update: https://t.co/sn8NcdTre7

[Ralph Thomassaint @ralphthjo]

Read more in this piece by the great @fisvyo here: https://t.co/VtSmETVVRW

[Clarissa A. León @clarissaleon.bsky.social @clarissaleon]

On the last weekday of AAPI month, happy to share this Our City interview with the incredible Ava Chin who shows us how exclusion through immigration laws keep coming up over and over again.

https://t.co/ZRY1Ds1K4J

[katie honan @katie_honan]

"He was at THE CITY a bit short of a year, deciding to leave when economic headwinds threatened layoffs and he did not want to risk keeping a job when someone younger with a family might be let go."

https://t.co/Y7HrnP9rv3

[Clarissa A. León @clarissaleon.bsky.social @clarissaleon]

🚨 "I painted his room. I fixed it up for when he arrives. I bought him balloons." Ángel's father prepared for his son's deportation to Venezuela — only to discover he was sent from the Bronx to CECOT in El Salvador instead.

https://t.co/ZsDGuFs9gX

[Tunde Onakoya @Tunde_OD]

We came home to a Hero’s welcome 😊🇳🇬. They even succeeded in making the chess man dance.

Thank you @FAAN_Official for the kind reception. It’s good to be home, finally.

[Sarah Miller @sarahmillerdc]

This @60minutes profile of Lina Khan was just nominated for an Emmy award — congratulations to the excellent journalists and producers behind it!

[Amir Khafagy (amirkhafagy.bsky.social) @AmirKhafagy91]

#MayDay2025
On International Workers’ Day, Immigrant Home Care Workers Demand an End to Exploitative 24-Hour Shifts

Today, they’re rallying to reclaim their time

For @Documentedny
https://t.co/3sZhoaGqT2

[Amir Khafagy (amirkhafagy.bsky.social) @AmirKhafagy91]

Exclusive 🚨

Immigrant home care workers allege that the state's new CDPAP program is plagued by missed payments and mismanagement

70% of CDPAP home care workers were left unpaid

Many are struggling to pay bills

Many have quit

For @Documentedny
https://t.co/83IUIzedf9

[Priscilla Alvarez @priscialva]

NEW: Trump admin has discussed with Libya and Rwanda the possibility of sending migrants who have criminal records to those two countries, sources tell me + @kylieatwood.

Trump officials are also hoping to enter negotiations with Libya to strike a safe third country agreement.

[Amir Khafagy (amirkhafagy.bsky.social) @AmirKhafagy91]

For #WorkersMemorialDay, New York Nail Salon Named One of the Worst Employers in the Country

Envy Nails was added to @NationalCOSH's list of Dirty Dozen employers for denying over 100 immigrant workers their minimum wage

New for @Documentedny
https://t.co/v2zHtPVQ4b